Disney’s New Star Wars Movie Comes with Seizure Warning

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” hits theaters next week and ahead of its release, Disney is issuing a seizure warning – especially to those with epilepsy and photosensitive people.

The company issued a statement with the Epilepsy Foundation warning viewers that the film contains “several sequences with imagery and sustained flashing lights” that could affect those with photosensitive epilepsy, the letter reads. [Source]

Flashing lights at certain intensities and certain patterns can trigger seizures in about 3% of people with epilepsy. Disney is recommending that theaters hang signs outside, advising of the warning.